Box-fastener.



No. 803,101. PATENTED OCT. 31, 1905. L. M. GILGHRIST.

BOX FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1905.

WWW/WWW Witnesses g wZl ylnventor ,4 I, by 1 '6. h, Attorneys LUTHER M.GILCHRIST, OF CASEYVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JAMES L.AMES,

OF CASEYVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BOX-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0a. 31, 1905.

Application filed May 22, 1905. Serial No. 261,555.

To (all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUTHER M. GILoHRIs'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Caseyville, in the county of Union and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Box- Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the fastenings for box-fasteners and similarreceptacles,'and has for its object to simplify and improve theconstruction and increase the efliciency and utility of devices of thischaracter.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, anin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capableof carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood thatthe invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes inthe shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may beresorted to without departing from the principle of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved device with the closure detached. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional elevation of the same. Fig.3 is a perspective view of amodified construction of the closure member.

The improved device may be applied to any of the various forms and sizesof boxes, shipping-crates, and the like and to closures of this classemployed for various purposes, but for the purpose of illustration isshown applied to an ordinary shipping-crate for eggs an the like, inwhich 11 represent the side walls, 12 13 the end walls, which areextended at their upper ends above the side walls, as at 1A 15, anintermediate transverse partition 16, and a closure 17, the closurebearing upon the side walls and between the extensions of the end walls,as shown.

The end wall 12 is provided with an aperture 18, the end wall 13 isprovided with an open slot 19, while the transverse partition isprovided with spaced stop-pins 21, the latas at 22 23, in the 17 whenthe latter as in Fig. 2.

ter for entering recesses, under side ofthe closure is in position uponthe casing,

Attached to the end member 13 of the easing is a resilient member 24:,preferably in the form of a wire loop and extending at its open end overthe slot 19.

Attached to the closure 17 are studs 26, extending in advance of theclosure at the ends and adapted for extension through the aperture 18and beneath the resilient member 2 1, the studs 25 26 being alike, sothat either may be presented to the-aperture 18 or loop 24. The closureis thus reversible end for end, and it is immaterial which end ispresented first to the resilient member. The under surfaces of the studsare inclined at the ends, so that when the closure'is placed in positionwith one of the studs through the aperture 18 the other stud will snapbeneath the member 24:, and thus lock the closure fast to the casing,and re movable only by releasing the resilient member. The studs 25 26may be in two portions, as in Figs. 1 and 2, or in one single piece, asin Fig. 3, as may be preferred.

When the closure member 17 is in position upon the casing, the pins 2021 will enter the recesses 22 23 in the closure, as. above described,and thus hold the closure firmly from lateral movement.

The device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured,and may be employed for securely holding the closures in position andpreventing accidental displacement of the same, while at the same timeeasily releasable when required.

An aperture 27 is formed through the side wall 10 of the casing, andcorresponding apertures 28 29 are formed through the closure 17 inposition to register alternately with the aperture 27 when the closureis in position for receiving a wire member to which a seal may beapplied when required.

A wire loop 30 is attached to the end member for extending over theaperture 18 and preventing abrasion of the wood of which the casing isconstructed. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, a casing having an aperture through one of itsend members and an open slot in the other end member, a resilient memberattached to said casing and extending over said slot, a closure to saidcasing, and studs extending in advance of said closure for engagementwith said aperture and slot and beneath said resilient member.

2. In a device of the class described, a casing having its end membersextended above the side members with an aperture through one of said endmembers and an open slot in the other end member, a resilientmemberattached to said casing and extending over said slot, a closure tosaid casing bearing upon the side members and against the extensions ofthe end members of the same, and studs extending in advance of saidclosure for engagement With said aperture and slot and beneath saidresilient member.

3. In a device of the class described, a casing having an aperturethrough one of its end members and an open slot in the other end member,a resilient member attached to said casing and extending over said slot,a closure to said casing, studs extending in advance of said closure forengagement with said aperture and slot and beneath said resilientmember, and stop-pins extending from said casing for engagement Withapertures 1n sald closure.

4. In a device of the class described, a casing having its end membersextended above the side members with an aperture through one of said endmembers and an open slot in the other end member, and With a transversepartition having spaced stop-pins extending therefrom, a resilientmember attached to said casing and extending over said slot, a closureto said casing bearing upon the side members and against the end memberextensions of the same and With recesses to receive said stop-pins andstuds extending in advance of said closure for engagement With saidaperture and slot and beneath said resilient member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LUTHER M. GILOHRIST.

Witnesses:

T. B. GILLEsPIE, J. P. WINSLOW.

